It used to participate in number of sports including Bandy, Ice Hockey, Pesäpallo and Athletics but now concentrates only in Football.

The club is a member of the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation,[2] abbreviated as TUL.

Kullervo was founded on February 7, 1919, after members who participated in Finnish Civil War as a red guards were expelled from Hermannin Kiista.

They quickly became a leading football club winning 6 first national TUL Cup.

In 1948, TUL and Finnish FA leagues were merged and Kullervo qualified to Mestaruussarja.